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CHARLES A. BARTLIFF, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE STAR BUCKETPUMP COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

PUMP-CURB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 617,219, dated January3, 1899.

Application filed December 20, 1897. Serial No. 662,630. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. BARTLIFF, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing in the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Pump-Curbs, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and'usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming partof this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved pump-curb, the top or cover being raised. Fig. 2 is a top planview, partly in section, showing the manner of attaching the reservoirthereto. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail View showing the manner of joiningthe reservoir to the end walls of. the curb. Fig. 4 is a detail view ofone of the side panels, the middle portion thereof being broken away.Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view through one of the end pieces of thecurb, showing the manner of attaching the lower end of the reservoirthereto; and Fig. 6 is a detail view of one of the end pieces with thereservoir at-' tached.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in pump-curbs,the object being to construct a device of the character described whichwill be cheap in construction B indicates the cover or top, which may beof any approved construction.

C indicates the side panels, which are preferably made of sheet metaland formed with side flanges c, which fit into the grooves a of the endpieces A and A.

D indicates a strengthening-cleat arranged at the bottom of thestructure when the panels C are in position.

E also indicates a strengthening-cleat arranged at the top of thestructure when the panels 0 are in position, and over the upper edges ofthis cleat E, I prefer to bend a flange c of the panel C and nail saidflanges to the cleat E to strengthen the panels throughout their upperedges.

' F indicates a reservoir, which, as shown more clearly in Figs. 2, 5,and 6, consists of a piece of sheet metal, preferably bent over at itsupper edge, as at f, to strengthen the same. The side walls of thisreservoir terminate in flanges f,.which fit into the grooves a of theend piece A. The lower or bottom wall of this reservoir is formed orprovided with a flange f, which is held firmly in position against theinner face of the end piece A by a cleat G, which is nailed in position,as shown in Fig. 5. I

In assembling the several parts the reservoir F is first placed inposition on the end piece A, as shown in Fig. 6, no nails being usedexcept for the purpose of securing the cleat G in position, and throughthe medium of said cleat the lower end of the resorvoir is held inplace. The side panels are now arranged with their flanges in positionin the grooves a, said side panels being nailed in position. The cleatsD and E are then secured in place and the flange c nailed to the upperedge of cleat E. The body of the pump-curb is now complete and ready forshipment. The top B may be of any shape, as I do not claim anything newor'novel in the construction of said top.

The cleats E are preferably provided with openings forming bearin gs inwhich the pump rigging is mounted, and an opening a is made in the endpiece A for the purpose of providing a passage for water from thereservoir,

and in which passage or opening is preferably secured a suitable spout.(Not shown).

The pump-curb herein described is especially designed for use inconnection with chain-and-bucket pumps; but I do not wish to beunderstood as limiting myself to these particular pump mechanisms.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. In a pump-curb, the combination with end pieces, which are grooved attheir edges, of a reservoir formed with flanges fitting in said grooves,said reservoir being, also, formed with a depending flange at itsbottom, and a cleat for securing said depending flange to one of the endpieces, substantially as described.

2. The combination with the end pieces A and A, which are grooved attheir side edges, of a reservoir which is secured to the inner face ofpiece A, and side panels having flanges at their edges which fit intothe grooves in said end pieces, substantially as described. 3. In apump-curb, the combination with the end Walls, of a reservoir whose endwalls are secured to the edges of one of said end walls, a flange on thelower end of said reser voir, a cleat for holding said reservoir inposition, being nailed over the depending flange thereof, and sidepanels having flanges which fit into grooves in the edges of said endWalls, substantially as described.

4;. In a pump-curb, the combination with the end walls A and A which aregrooved along their side edges, of a reservoir F having flanges f at itsside which fit into the grooves in the end wall A, a flange f extendingbelow said reservoir, a cleat G which engages said depending flange, andside panels 0 formed with flanges at their side edges which fit into thegrooves in the end walls A and A, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature, in the presence oftwo witnesses,

this 13th day of December, 1897.

CHARLES A. BARTLIFF.

Witnesses:

HUGH K. WAGNER, F. R. CORNWALL.

